Well, My first thought was a PS4 due to the electricity etc meaning perhaps Power/Graphics. Or I could be entirely wrong and this is just a new Trailer Logo thingy, Which I must say is great. Especially the sound towards the end. That would be a great PS4 startup sound

it will be nice to see what the ps4 is going to be like if that’s what it is but i wont be an early adopter this time round as my ps3 still has plenty of gas left in the tank as my backlog alone will see me well into next year.

Hot dam Sony, I mean seriously! okay okay okay…. the fact your not declining it, must mean the future is near . will love to find out if and if so how many of the apparent leaks of information are true. and being a vita owner and lover, the Orbis (Playstation 4′s code name) Vitae thing, is freaking awesome, Orbis Vitea is Latin for “The circle of life”. I would just love it if the Vita’s role in gaming will be side by side with the new next gen console. fingers crossed p.s could you answer one hypothetical question if the Playstation 4 was the be announced, would there be any news on PS+ for the system?

As much as I love playstation consoles…Im just worried…Mainly that the controller is gonna be some huge gimmick. I dont want it to have a screen, or a back touchpad or some heat sensing unit that changes the feel of the controller.

“See the Future” as the blog entry heading
“Be the First to Know” is the only text in the blog entry

This has to be something HUGE and with all the rumours flying around at the minute about Playstation and Shoebox’s next gen consoles, Sony know the kind of craziness this announcement would stir up so it wouldnt dare NOT be the new Playstation in fear of the huge embarrassment and anti climax.

I’ll be here and im already counting the hours! LOL
As with PS3 and Vita – Day 1 buy for me.

Dont think it will be called PS4 though, the number 4 is unlucky in Japan apparently.

Please tell us the Skyrim add on release dates. And could you also remove singstar from my XMB. I will not buy anything that is thrust down my throat like that. Other than that please keep up the fine work, and thankyou for your consideration.

First off, what is the point. PS2, PS3 & PSP were great.
PS Vita I own, but it’s lacking, decent apps and more big games, what ever happened to Borderlands 2 on the Vita & is Bioshock Infinite still coming to Vita?

I’ve also noticed in the time the PS3 has been out, that games that were released on PC and Xbox haven’t and will never make it to the PS3. I believe it has something to do with either Microsoft or the devs are to lazy to learn something new.

Basically my point is, I wont be getting the PS4, I don’t see the point, unless you allow modding of the games, if not then there’s no point. I am waiting for the Steam boxes to be released then bye bye consoles. Still keeping my PS3, because I already own a huge amount of games and the controller is the best.

I have seen so many mods for games. But console owners will never get to experience these because Console developers don’t allow it. (Possibly has something to do with the Game Devs too)

Before making a box where you can’t do anything to it. Make it a Console that is actually the future, where you can add mods to games.

Well, I hope they’ll reveal more than just that the PS4 is coming this year.
It drives me insane when companies tend to pre-announce an incoming announcement, which then will name the already expected product and the promise that soon more details will be revealed.

Anyway, you got my attention. When Fred himself posts on the german PS blog it must be important.

If this is not the PS4 announcement I will be shocked! I mean theres no way Sony would do that? Right?
Also @50 you may also notice that some games released on the PS3 will never come to PC and 360 these are called “exclusives”.

First of all… awesome! And I hope the next console is called PlayStation 4 and nothing weird. I hope ads and stuff remain blue. And I hope the focus stays on lots of exclusives and powerful hardware. Can’t wait to see what’s in store!

If it can run Planetside 2 at launch,and possibly a few other free to play games then I’ll day one the system.

But I do worry about how they approach stuff like HDD.If they go from open to proprietary and lock everything down,I couldn’t carry on with the brand.Same goes with my digital content,If all my store stuff is lost then I’d struggle to buy anything digital again on Sony hardware.

its ps4 for sure. no doubt about it. there has been so many rumor about it recently and its a well known fact that they are gearing up to release it as soon as possible to beat the new xbox.
they wouldnt make this big a deal about anything other then the ps4.

on the other hand if all of this is quite simply to draw a crowd for a game of some sort than sony is gonna have half a billion annoyed customers starting a riot.

It could be the PS4 but I rather would see the anouncement of a global Store team that was competent or the realease of every service in every country.
There were a lot of prommisses made with the introduction of PS3 and a lot of them only materialised after years in a few countries or not at all. I was very disapointed and still am Sony.
So when it’s a new PS4 I’ll wait till all your prommisses have seen the light of day.
Actualy I’m only hoping for The Agent and The Last Guardian to be annouced for release this year.

I dont see the point of a new console when sony fails to promote psvita to developers, getting us like 2 or 3 good games in 1 year…. So… You are not getting my money for a new console sony… Not untill i see some future for my psvita… Now it looks like a 300€ paper Holder.

i really hope that sony learns from its mistake with the ps4.
they NEED to get backwards compatibility in this system. even if its extra charge through something you plug in i dont care, it needs to be done. there is no money in ‘hd upgrades’ once were on to the next console because the 90% of the reason people did buy them was to collect trophies. since the ps3 has trophies this wont make it nexcessary.
also the rumour that games will be linked to your account – if this is is incorporated i simply wont buy it. i mean i dont have thousands of dollars to buy games for 110$ only to have them last 4 hours. its not worth the trouble.
also i really hope they dont screw up the controller. the current design is perfect so i dont see how they can improve upon it. i seriously hope they dont put in a touchpad aspect – that would ruin it no one wants to look at a controller to see what they are doing.
also it needs trophies, though i have no doubt it will
and to ensure that the ps4 is successful they seriously need to have some good launch titles.(next comment)

i mean the vitas been out a while now and even though the graphical capabilities intrigue me, i have no urge to buy it since the only game ive seen that interests me is uncharted golden abyss.
they need to have games like this at launch or within a month of release:
infamous 3
uncharted 4
littlebigplanet 3
skate 4
Portal 3
id say god of war but considering the new one is only about to come out i doubt theyd have time to make another one.

If it means versus comes out id be down with that lol. But worried about the rumours on ps4 blocking 2nd hand games etc…
Off topic but does anyone know whats happened to ni no kuni on psn? Ive had my wizard edition turn up and there was supposed to be some extra dlc for europe cause of the delay which Id like to download but cant find…

hi fred, is there a problem with hitman hd trilogy going on the the store in the uk? its the 1st of feb (release date) and its still not on the store at all, no mention of it on the web store (pc) and the ps3 store ..

on topic hoping the vita and new playstation is more compatible,proper remote play using the whole screen,more use as a controller + touch screen for maps etc.. without having to pay for the update to use it (little big planet)
and backwards compatiblity as i haven’t got round to finishing most of the games i have bought this year and last .. lol

Hello people, i can confirm that this is indeed about the ps4. Invitations have been handed out to journalists for the press conference on the 20th Feb. Dont get to exited tho as backwards compatibility is a no go and it looks like tagging of disc (no shareing and no pre-owned) will go forward. Obviously disk will still be available so no need to fear the inforced over priced digital only content (as of yet)! Will be nice to see what what specs this machine will be running on and i look forward to seeing the design but sadly it has been a very poor few years for sony and i can only see this console in my house way into the future unless service is brought to standards on scee end, prices for digital drop dramatically and a possible modding aspect is put into place for custom private games.

It has to be about the PS4, think about it they say “be the first to know”,what else would we want to know about apart from the PS4, that’s really the only thing that’s on all our minds. Im super excited for this and I just hope its to do with the systems specs and maybe some gameplay who knows. get ready guys the future is here!!!!

So? Play it on your PS3 this year and even after PS4 releases at the end of 2013 you can still play your PS3 if PS4 doesn’t have BC… Nothing lost I’d say.

“quidditys_shore
I for one hope that it isn’t the ps4 as it’s got plenty of life left in it! PS3 & vita bundle with the announcement of proper connectivity, far surpassing the Wii u”

PS3 plenty of life? Nah. It still has some life left in it, but not plenty. Cross game chat isn’t possible on PS3 because of the memory restrictions of 2 x 256MB split mem. PSVita can do gamechat as it has more memory and unified (512MB RAM and 128MB Vram).

Sure, The Last of Us squeezes PS3 to the max, but after 6 to 7 years the hardware got old. To keep up, or at least trail PC gaming a bit better, for the next 5 years new hardware is needed at the end of this year. Doing 6 to 7 years with a console that one paid 300 to max 600 USD/Euro for (depending on when it was bought, at launch or lateron), that is a max of 100 USD a year invested, or even 50 or below when its bought for 300 or less.

worst of it is we will have to wait a few days for other details to trickle out.

at the event there hardly going to say things like, “we are pleased to announce there will be no second hand games playable on this console” or “not compatible with ps3 software library” its usually sites like kotaku that report that stuff a day or so ill prob just go to kotaku to get the full news story in the first place.

for some reason knowing that theres a new home console on the way from sony has me looking at my vita and thinking its a pspgo.

@hayzink
Yep digital titles from the ps3 should still work as the games would have a new codeing ready for redownloading onto ps4 but i cannot confirm on that one. As for the disc so far it is a no due to not using the Cell processor for ps4 and the cost involved but sony are full of surprises!

@catkiller1
Hey fella yea ill be on, not for long tho as i had a promotion yesterday so it means its an early start on sat (boohoo i miss the match to!) Catch ya later amigo

“Posted on 1 February, 2013 at 12:57 pm by Huono_peleis
Remember last time Sony got a big mysterious date announced?
It was release date for a new tv-commercial”

The last time didn’t include invites send to investors and media to attend the meeting in New York City, just a mere 5 days before the Destination Playstation event starts from 25 to 28 February in Scottsdale.

Besides that, the last time they held such a meeting with these invites to a broad number of press and investors was when PSVita got announced in 2011.

So, that. It is some hardware announcement or major integration of Gaikai into PS+.

“Posted on 1 February, 2013 at 1:28 pm by captainbloodsnot
It would be financial suicide ,not to make it backward compatible ,think of the masses who would not invest in a PS4 because of the amount of cash they had spent on their PS3 games,me included”

Like how it was financial suicide to take out PS2 BC from PS3 within no time to be able to drop the PS3′s price from 600 to 400 Euro/USD?

And how they now resell PS2 games through PSN? It even earned them more money.

I can see them do PS3 PSN sales, and for those that have PS+ they’ll offer free PS3 games streamed through Gaikai network maybe.

BC isn’t very likely because that 8 core AMD Jaguar isn’t powerful enough to emulate current PS3 Cell CPU and its GPU. Heck, the PS3 with a large jump in hardware over the PS2 couldn’t even pull off software emulation so they’d include the PS2 hardware in the launch PS3′s to have it do BC.

I don’t care for a PS4.
The lack of good settings on the XMB for your personal preferences.
The continuing additions of clutter/spam/adaware (yes, its adware) on the XMB.
The horrifying destroyment of box-arts with those purple SCEE-”promotional” spam.
The singspam singstar icon/game.
The lack of updates on the webbrowser (not to mention the amount of lemmings that start shouting we should get chrome (so we can all go and give up our privacy and hand it over to google)).

“Posted on 1 February, 2013 at 1:41 pm by Sp4reNL
I don’t care for a PS4.
The lack of good settings on the XMB for your personal preferences.
The continuing additions of clutter/spam/adaware (yes, its adware) on the XMB.
The horrifying destroyment of box-arts with those purple SCEE-”promotional” spam.
The singspam singstar icon/game.
The lack of updates on the webbrowser (not to mention the amount of lemmings that start shouting we should get chrome (so we can all go and give up our privacy and hand it over to google)).
Nope, no PS4 or Bravia coming into this building”

So you’re going to get a next Xbox without any great exclusives? Or a current gen WiiU? Or build a game PC that doens’t get games like Uncharted, Gran Turismo, The Last of Us, LittleBigPlanet, inFamous, The Puppeteer, God of War? Just curious.

I don’t have that much time anymore anyhow, so gonna stick to whats left to do on my PS3 and after that I’ll see.
Currently (not literally ;-)) playing AC:Revelations which is multi-platform.
Probably will play some games on the PC. There is plenty of choice regarding “exclusives” on all platforms. And there is also enough choice in multi-platform games.

I’m not saying that I didn’t like Infamous or Uncharted but I don’t have the feeling that I will have time to miss any of the Sony exclusives. There are more than sufficient entertaining alternatives in my opinion.

PC’s plenty of choice? Basically it is a FPS platform, with some RTS (that consoles don’t do really well) and MMO’s on top. What is the last great platforming exclusive on PC? Or last exclusive racing game?

Again, each to its own and sure time is a restricting factor. Yet time for gaming can also be made. Average working weeks of 36 to 40 hours, or at busy jobs/own business 80. Still hours left in a week

But besides that, I think Sony is the only company that pushes real creative new stuff, seen with The Last of Us, Puppeteer, Tearaway (ok for PSVita but Playstation minded) and a lot other stuff, where MS is going Kinect and Halo/Gears/Forza rehashes, Nintendo rehashes their decades old Mario and Zelda.

I started out with the 360 loving Gears and paying for XBL, but switched completely, started with the great LittleBigPlanet in 2008 buying the PS3, to having PS+ now instead of XBL and a PSVita on top… GImme that PS4

Dear Jawad or someone else:
1. any news about skyrim dlc ? i thougt it comes at 1st of february …
2. will heartfire be released next week
3. is there any skyrim dlc next week? if not im gettin totally out of my mind….. cant wait longer ! im REALLY afraid that skyrim dlc dates getting so (CENSORED) like CS:GO

Sony, you can poke your ps4 where the sun don’t shine. After all the epic fails in the last couple of years e.g spamstar, the awful store, broken downloads and getting hacked with like 2 months of downtime. Now to add insult to injury my overpriced pre order of Ni no Kuni doesn’t work. I have been loyal to ps through every gen but I’ve had enough of the inept way u lot do business.

If the reports that PS4 will be launching in 2013 in the US and Japan and 2014 in Europe are true, then this will be the first Sony console that I don’t buy. I’m sick to the back teeth of your anti-consumer practices, and I’m sick to the back teeth of your most loyal market getting the worst treatment.

“We find it hard to launch in multiple regions at the same time. We think Europe is a great country..(I thought you said Europe was a country?)…I mean Europe’s are great countries (how can they all be called Europe? Spain’s not Europe…is it?)…I mean all the counties in Europe Land are great and when we figure out how many of you there are…we’ll erm….we’ll get around to it”.

#149: It is PS4. Or it’s gotta be it. Just because Sony haven’t released all of their games yet on the PS3, dosen’t mean they can’t announce PS4. I bet the console won’t come this year anyway, and once its out. PS3 wont drop its support yet.

PS4? Should I be excited? … I don’t know, I don’t want console where icons of games in which I have no interest, magically appears on my game list and cannot be deleted.
It will be tough decision process, it may help if PS Store and PSN as whole goes global so we can avoid attitude in which SCEE treats their customers.

If the PS4 launch is staggered and Europe gets it last ( which it will because this is sony ) and there’s next gen games being released on Xbox i won’t hesitate to get an Xbox and skip PS4.Waited this gen for PS3 and won’t make that mistake again. Basically whoever launches first in Europe gets my money.

the rumours are that second hand games are banned its that every game will be downloadable and every game you buy at the shop youll get the dload free but itll be locked to your account and if you trade it in the person who buys it will be in a trial and unlock type system kinda like the implementation of the online pass and i think thats fair cuz the second hand game system was made by shops and all the money from second hand games goes to the shop who had no input in the game whatsoever

ps3 was released a year later than xbox 360 and the only good thing was the free online and internet(which didnt work properly) it had no trophies no ingame custom music no cross game chat only got ps3 cuz my dads a huge fan of blu ray

These RUMOURS about Europe launching again behind over regions are worrying. Everyone whos me knows I’m Playstation through and throught but if Ps4 isn’t here at xmas but nextbox is, then I’m afraid its microsoft for me. Also, Kaz will be forever known as the Grinch that stole xmas, in my house at least.

ms = also not option to me but good hard warning to sony , jes .
them are bos over psn = them make price policy

Sony need to be more severe against publishers =If u not sel corect price ore not sel al euro contry ( only germany against blood in europe ) = u game not on ps4 ore psn = los of mony to devloppers . if u give more to ms. = not selling on ore console .
but sony are like chikkens .

@polynski
Hey fella just a small correction but the second hand market was developed by the consumer! 20 years ago i used to sell all my games once completed to mates and many others i know did aswell, it was infact a gamer that took it one step further and did it on a mass scale, nothing wrong with that. When i sell my house or a car do you think i should give a percentage to the makers as i am selling something worth thousands yet i had no input into the product?
The online pass was nothing more than greed of sony getting their hands in the cookie jar, find out how much of a % goes to the devs i bet only a fraction if any does at all. The cost of games today is due to supply of demand, if numbers fell in people playing games then the price falls to attract custom.

We can speculate all we want but thing is we wont know until they show. that said i friggin hope its a massive lineup of games for the vita that sony created in secret and all of em release on that date;P…got diddly squat left to play allrdy burned through most vita games and im not a trophy hunter so i dont replay most games twice. allmost know it wont happen but i can hope right? T.T

Seriously Sony if this hint to the ps4 it’s a complete joke. I love playstation and have been a life long fan but why so soon? I’m definitely not buying, 500+ dollars every 4 or 5 years and for what reason? Spend the money on making the ps3 gaming networks better and giving loyal customers better service and more options. Not to mention the fact that it will not be backwards compatible so we all just wasted that much more money on games we apparently just have to throw aside!

So this really confirms nothing, yes the straight lines suggest something console shaped, and it “sorta” looked like a 4 at 5 seconds or so but thats due to low quality.
Honestly its much more likely something like: combined store globally; Infamous 3 (set in…the future, or perhaps an alternate past and the future, Kesslers able to teleport backwards in time, why couldnt someone else; a Sony “event” either for releasing new games or some sort of competition ; Id say a shakeup of the blog to something less sucky (cmon now, it does suck x_X) but I think its a global announcement?) So dont get too overhyped people, untill the 20th nothing is confirmed :o.
Also wheres the new weekend debate? Unless this subtly is? release a video containing and confirming nothing and see who comes up with the most mental or unlikely reasoning o_o?…

Providing you reveal the PS4 on 20th February. I am warning you now Sony. I have my money ready for a new console this year and if these rumours are true that you plan to release the PS4 in Europe in 2014 whereas releasing in America and Japan in 2013 then I am afraid that I will buy the next Xbox (providing it releases this year). I am fed up of USA and Japan getting preferential treatment when Europe are your biggest customers. If the Wii U can launch simultaneously worldwide give or take a couple of weeks, then YOU CAN also do that (there’s no excuse). I would much prefer the PS4 to the next Xbox. Please Sony do not force me to buy the next Xbox along with many other consumers who would not react kindly to the supposed release window.

Please Sony, read this and acknowledge how important a simultaneous worldwide release is to all concerned consumers.

Before you start using irrelevant buzzwords such as “Entitlement”, at least use it within context to your comment.

Wanting fair consumerism is not “entitlement”, acknowledging unfair bias is not “entitlement”, protesting against unfair pricing is not “entitlement”, wanting respect for consumer loyalty is not “entitlement”, expecting honesty is not “entitlement”.

Sony have a long history of screwing over Europe repeatedly. Their reasoning? Because sales are higher in Europe than North America, they don’t need to apply as much effort in that territory…and “it’s complicated *sob*” (even though Microsoft and Nintendo have managed perfectly well in Europe).

It all about U.S sales. Always has been…always will be. Understanding that is NOT “entitlement”.

Personally, I don’t think I have the energy to go another generation with SCEE if their archaic territorial business policies don’t change with the PS4; And if they don’t, I’m out. I love Sony…but hate SCEE. Expecting a better service is not “entitlement”.

What you wrote is the very definition of entitlement. Fair has nothing to do with the release schedule – Sony is not obligated to roll out PS4 at the same time around the world. They roll out however they want, it’s their product. Thinking they do have such obligation is entitlement, and ignores myriad valid business reasons to do so; you even listed a few of them, and there are many others.

Pricing across regions is a LOT more complicated than what fits here, and there are many more reasons for higher prices in EU than US. For starters, cost of doing business in Europe is much higher than US, and EU prices include VAT while US prices don’t include sales taxes. I do this for a living so I have a pretty good grasp of global pricing.

By the end you’re just renting; how does honesty even play into PS4 release?

Some gaming sites & some of the people who comment on them do talk a load of RUBBISH sometimes i.e Already!?!? they say the PS4 has been delayed in Europe?!?! It’s not even been given a date yet!!! So how the hell can it be delayed??? Oh god… + we haven’t even seen it yet to!!!… You got to laugh at reading that rubbish i suppose(which i do)

Given Sony’s track record of releasing consoles in Europe after Japan & USA it wouldn’t surprise me that they would release the PS4 in Europe last again, they may promise a worldwide launch to begin with similar to PS3 but then change their mind and Europe won’t get it until March 2014.

All i’m hoping for is region free games as that’s the best part of PS3 although having seperate stores etc wasn’t a great idea

OMG Heart pounding! It just has to be the ps4 announcement! Any later would be too long of a wait for the actual thing to release :p
For a minute I actually thought I’d get to see it, but it was just one of the icons from up close :p That was dirty btw :p

@TheMART thanks for repeating my comment !! my backlog is highly unlikely to be completed by the end of 2013, i have no room for another console as i own an xbox360 too, so i will have to choose to keep my ps3 or buy the PS4/0rbis. Unless Sony takes into account the many many players who have huge collections.

Watch this from 23.00 on Wednesday night then Thursday, my day off, I will pre-order it! It is almost time to see what Sony’s studios have been up since many of them have not shown anything in a long time – Guerrilla, Evolution and Sucker Punch I looking at you.

Obviously the games are the main attraction but the connectivity between Orbis and Vita, the UI and general integration are things I am really looking forward to. Fingers crossed for a new web browser!

TehPhilosopher 196@
if we rent ps3 then when i not want them need to take back !+ refund me ( renting box )

we buy console of sony = mi console on the moment i give mony .
onli ting not mine = i may not change tings to the programs !
but also them canot put tings on ith , like advertising = i never wil alowh ith free wil ( spami star ) , i need orginal software from day i buy + software updates to make safer + beter stability , al rest need to be aps we buy ore get free .

the way sony rol out = out however they want , but them are again arogant if them lounch europe last !!!
i wil not suport sony 1-2 + price cut first jears if them only come in 2014
like psn store like role out = if the competition can also do world wide sony need to showh us most sony respecting continent the repect we need to get , if not = by by .
store alredy beter but peopel working are making to many mistakes =
chek u stuf day before on pas3 them own to see if everiting go ok + pre download = pay-then download ful game in once – day release = key on 00:00hr local time .

This has to be the PlayStation 4, I mean the PlayStation 3 is showing age, People saying PlayStation 3 has tons of life left in it? Come on we all know that is far from the truth.
Trophies syncing is a chore, Multi-Plat games are sub par on the PlayStation 3 because of its ram, Opening the XMB while on a game is becoming almost impossible on some games because of it running so slow, No cross chat and it being impossible because of ram again, Even PlayStation exclusives are hitting the limits of the hardware.
Technology has moved forward so rapidly that not making the next PlayStation would leave them way behind.
I’m willing to pay for the next Console/Portable on release just like i did the PS1, PS2, PSP, PS3 & PSV.
My main concern for the Next Gen is the rumours of them changing the controller, I think everyone can agree that the PlayStation controller is perfect the way it is, Hell the controller along with the amazing PSExclusives is what keeps me stuck with the PlayStation Brand.
Sorry about rambling on like this but im extremely excited for this announcement and the likelihood of the PS4.

Why all countries which are served by SCEE aren’t listed in the menu when registering on this page: https://secure.eu.playstation.com/meeting2013/? Of coures, I can choose other country, but really, I’m becoming more and more tired of these restricitions that Sony enforces.

Not just that a bunch of games and services are restricted, it’s even newsletters! Puh’lease!

I’m with glaw73 (post #201) on this. We wondered why they didn’t launch worldwide & then we knew: gutted the PS3 so you couldn’t play PS2 games. Great job, Unesco, oh wait force of habit, I mean Sony
Marlborough. Such a tease!
I also share the same wish for region free games, that’s why they’re #1 in console gaming worldwide. They do have region blocked Stores, DLC & Vita content (in some way). Either some people don’t know how to strengthen a killer brand or there’s a lucifer cult going on like Sony music, Columbia pictures.